February 15, 2016 Rondonia's ongoing water, sanitation projects top US$105mnBrazil's Rondonia state is carrying out more than 419mn reais (US$105mn) in water and sanitation works for the city of Ji-Paraná, according to a local government release. The projects include three waterworks initiatives and one solid waste management development.

January 2016 Construction projects worth $7bn planned for 2015, as sector grows by 8%“The water access indicator had been stuck in the same place for almost a decade,” said Mr. von Hesse. “With the investments we’ve made the indicator has risen ten percentage points and we’ve already provided access to more than 87% of the country, and in rural areas which were traditionally the poorest sector of the population, we’ve doubled access to water.”